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News Iraqi president calls for resignation of Shiite prime minister
Iraqi president calls for resignation of Shiite prime minister
Kate Heneroty
October 3, 2005 09:00:00 am

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani , a Kurd, called for the resignation of Shiite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari Sunday. Talabani blamed the Shiite-led United Iraqi Alliance for the country's...

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News Supreme Court term set to open with Chief Justice Roberts presiding
Supreme Court term set to open with Chief Justice Roberts presiding
Jeannie Shawl
October 3, 2005 08:44:00 am

The new term of the US Supreme Court begins Monday with new Chief Justice John Roberts being sworn-in at the Court in a private investiture ceremony . Roberts, who took the...

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News EU deadlocked over Turkey membership bid
EU deadlocked over Turkey membership bid
Jeannie Shawl
October 3, 2005 08:24:00 am

The European Union Monday postponed a ceremony to mark the opening of membership talks with Turkey , without setting a new time. The postponement comes as member states reached a deadlock over the...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush to nominate Harriet Miers for Supreme Court
BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush to nominate Harriet Miers for Supreme Court
Jeannie Shawl
October 3, 2005 07:13:00 am

AP is reporting that President Bush will nominate White House counsel Harriet Miers to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court. A formal announcement is expected...

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News Five judges selected for upcoming Saddam trial
Five judges selected for upcoming Saddam trial
Joshua Pantesco
October 2, 2005 03:25:00 pm

The Iraqi Special Tribunal announced Sunday that five as-yet-unnamed judges have been selected to preside over the trial of Saddam Hussein and seven of his associates for the 1982 killings of 143 Shiite Muslims...

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News Afghanistan officials to investigate voting fraud
Afghanistan officials to investigate voting fraud
Joshua Pantesco
October 2, 2005 03:18:00 pm

The UN-Afghan Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) announced Sunday that it will investigate allegations of voting fraud in last month’s legislative elections . The JEMB decision says that the instances of fraud, including ballot stuffing...

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News Lawyers request DOJ supervision over temporary Louisiana prison facility
Lawyers request DOJ supervision over temporary Louisiana prison facility
Joshua Pantesco
October 2, 2005 03:04:00 pm

Lawyers acting on behalf of former New Orleans prisoners have filed papers asking the US Department of Justice to immediately assume direct supervision over a temporary holding facility at a closed juvenile prison in Jena, Louisiana, the...

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News Connecticut begins offering civil union licenses
Connecticut begins offering civil union licenses
Joshua Pantesco
October 2, 2005 02:48:00 pm

Connecticut joined Vermont Saturday as the second US state that recognizes civil unions for same-sex couples . The development was marked by special Saturday hours at Hartford’s City Hall [press...

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News Imprisoned Russian ex-energy minister goes on hunger strike in Switzerland
Imprisoned Russian ex-energy minister goes on hunger strike in Switzerland
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 2, 2005 11:39:00 am

Yevgeny Adamov, the former minister in charge of the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency (FAAE) has gone on hunger strike in a Swiss prison, where he has been held since May 2. Adamov, 66, is demanding that Swiss...

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News US makes last-ditch bid for Iraq constitution compromise
US makes last-ditch bid for Iraq constitution compromise
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 2, 2005 10:06:00 am

US ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad has started new negotiations with Shiites and Kurds in a last-ditch attempt to achieve a political compromise on the provisions of the draft Iraqi constitution creating a federal...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Northern Ireland votes to remain in UK

On March 9, 1973, residents of Northern Ireland voted to remain part of the United Kingdom. 98 percent voted in favor of the referendum, but only 57% of the population participated. Catholic voters overwhelmingly boycotted the vote and The Troubles continued in Northern Ireland until the Good Friday Agreement, which provides for Northern Ireland's union with the United Kingdom until a majority of its population votes otherwise. Read a history of the conflict in Northern Ireland from the University of Ulster.

Amistad slave ship case decided

On March 9, 1841, the US Supreme Court ruled in The Amistad case that a group of slaves who took over their ship were free. Learn more about The Amistad case.

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